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Maxillary sinus neoplasm

MedGen UID:
6247
•Concept ID:
C0024958
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Maxillary Sinus Neoplasm; Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Maxillary Sinus; Neoplasms, Maxillary Sinus
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of maxillary sinus (126676009); Tumor of maxillary antrum (126676009); Tumor of maxillary sinus (126676009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006850

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the maxillary sinus. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include Schneiderian papilloma and salivary gland-type adenoma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma and lymphoma. [from NCI]

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PubMed

The contemporary management of cancers of the sinonasal tract in adults.
Thawani R, Kim MS, Arastu A, Feng Z, West MT, Taflin NF, Thein KZ, Li R, Geltzeiler M, Lee N, Fuller CD, Grandis JR, Floudas CS, Heinrich MC, Hanna E, Chandra RA
CA Cancer J Clin 2023 Jan;73(1):72-112. Epub 2022 Aug 2 doi: 10.3322/caac.21752. PMID: 35916666Free PMC Article
Clinical management of emerging sinonasal malignancies.
Contrera KJ, Woody NM, Rahman M, Sindwani R, Burkey BB
Head Neck 2020 Aug;42(8):2202-2212. Epub 2020 Mar 25 doi: 10.1002/hed.26150. PMID: 32212360
Induction Chemotherapy Response as a Guide for Treatment Optimization in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma.
Amit M, Abdelmeguid AS, Watcherporn T, Takahashi H, Tam S, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Glisson B, Kupferman ME, Roberts DB, Su SY, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY
J Clin Oncol 2019 Feb 20;37(6):504-512. Epub 2019 Jan 7 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.00353. PMID: 30615549Free PMC Article

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Diagnosis

Inflammatory pseudotumour of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy.
Giotakis EI, Kotrotsos IN
B-ENT 2015;11(2):147-50. PMID: 26563016
Maxillary sinus neoplasm.
Bettez M, Maves MD, Dolan KD, Yuh WT
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1989 Dec;98(12 Pt 1):988-90. doi: 10.1177/000348948909801213. PMID: 2589770

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